Locally Administered Ketorolac and Bupivacaine for Control of Postoperative Pain in LAG for Gastric Cancer: Prospective Randomized Double Blind Study
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
;
: 32-37, 2007.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-25424
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
The method of locally administered ketorolac and bupivacaine with epinephrine in LAG patients was examined for the control of postoperative pain.METHODS:
Fifty-one patients who had undergone LAG for gastric cancer from Jan. 2005 and Aug. 2005 were enrolled in this study. All the patients were administered a fentanyl patch (25 microgram/hr) on the upper back 2 hours before the entry into the OR. Upon the completion of LAG, the patients were randomly selected for a local injection of Ketolorac and bupivacaine. Ketolorac (30 mg, 1 cc) plus 0.5% bupivacaine with 1 100,000 epinephrine (9 cc) was injected in the peritoneum and subcutaneous tissue of the mini-laparotomy wound in the study group, and normal saline (10 cc) was injected into the control group. The postoperative pain scores were assessed at 6 hr, day 1, day 2 and day 5 using a Verbal Numerical Rating Scale by a Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse. Meperidine (25 mg iv.) was used for additional analgesia.RESULTS:
The frequency of additional analgesic requirement was significantly lower in the study group and the pain score was significantly lower at 6 hr postoperatively than in the control group.CONCLUSION:
Locally administered ketorolac and bupivacaine with epinephrine is a simple and cost-effective technique for alleviating postoperative pain in LAG patients with gastric cancer.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pain, Postoperative
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Peritoneum
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Stomach Neoplasms
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Wounds and Injuries
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Bupivacaine
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Ostomy
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Epinephrine
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Fentanyl
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Double-Blind Method
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Prospective Studies
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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